Guarana is used by busy mums, high-speed executives, students, athletes, drivers, teachers - in short by everyone who can use some extra energy!
Guarana is a small nutlike seed from a flowering plant from the Amazon rainforest. This natural stimulant helps to increase physical, mental and sexual energy and reduces the physical effects of stress! It is a boon for slimmers giving zero-calorie energy, and with a natural appetite check.
Guarana contains a high amount of guaranine, a chemical substance with the same characteristics as caffeine. This makes Guarana a stimulant similar to coffee, which means that it:
- quickens perceptions
- delays sleep
- helps with endurance based activities
- can help to recover from a hangover
- impairs the appetite (can be useful in weight loss programs)
- will lead to more frequent visits to the toilet
- causes a higher blood pressure and an increased heart rate
- can make you feel jittery and may prevent sleep at all.
Guarana is not:
- a 'miracle medicine'
- a dangerous drug
- an easy way to lose weight
- a vitamin
- a food supplement.
Not proven by scientific research, but some users state that:
- Guarana is a 'Smart Drug'
- Guarana is an aphrodisiac
- their health improved thanks to guarana
Chemical composition of Guarana seeds:
- Vegetable fibre: 49.125 %
- Reddish resin: 8.800 %
- Starch: 8.350 %
- Water: 7.650 %
- Pectin, malic acid, mucilage, dextrin, salts: 7.470 %
- Guarana-tannic acid: 5.902 %
- Caffeine: 5.388 %
- Yellowish steady oil: 2.950 %
- Pyro-guarana acid: 2.750 %
- Reddish colorant: 1.520 %
- Amorphous substances: 0.606 %
- Saponin: 0.060 %